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I(No Model.)

J. CROGKER, Deod.

E. GRocKElg Administratrix. BOX.

No. 544,462. Patented Aug. 13, 1895.

TTUBNEY.

Nri'rnn STATES PATENT trice.

ESMERALDA CROCKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOHN' CROOKER, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK LEACI-I, OF SAME PLACE.

BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,462, dated August 13, 1895.

Application filed April 2, 1895. Serial No. 544,158. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that JOHN OROCKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention', while applicable to boxes generally that are provided with covers which have a depending flange that shuts down and around the upper edge of the box when applied thereto, has reference more particularly to that class of such boxes which are intended for containing and holding small articlessuch, forinstance, as sewing-machine needles, screws, the parts of watches, and the like. In the construction of boxes of this class as heretofore in use the box and cover have been so formed that the walls of the former havebeen made of auniform height throughout, and the cover when applied thereto was supported by such walls entirely around the box, with no provision made for allowing of its easy re moval. As aresult of this, the removal of the cover, when required, could only be eected by holding the box in one hand and raising or drawing the lid therefrom with the other. This operation, when the boxes are large and the depending iianges on the cover are notdeep or wide,is in most cases readily accomplished, but when the boxes are small and shallow and the depending iange on the cover closes down over a considerable portion of its walls the portion thereof which is exposed and may be grasped by the hand is so reduced in size that it isextremely difficult to hold the same while the removal of such cover is being effected, especially if it is closely fitted to the box, as it usually is, and as a consequencethereof the contents of the box is dumped or spilled when such removal takes place, which is a result that may entail great loss, especially when such contents consists of jewels or other expensive articles. The object of the inventionA is to obviate this difculty and to provide a box of the class mentioned in which the removal of the cover may be effected by merely pressing downward upon one end thereof and thereby tilting the same, after 5o which the cover may be raised from the box without the dangers above explained.

To this end the invention consists of abox l having a fulcrum arranged upon the upper edge of its walls and a cover for co-operating therewith having a depending flange for embracing and sliding down over this portion of the walls, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is an isometrical projection of a box constructed in accordance with the said invention having the cover applied thereto; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of a box and cover of similar construction, illustrating the manner of tilting the cover when it is desired to remove the same'from the box, the coverbeing shown in longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a similar view of a slightly-modified construction of box in which the cover may be tilted toward either end thereof, the cover in this figure being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal sectional view of a box of a still further modified construction.

In all the figures like letters of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts.

A indicates a box, which is provided with the usual bottom a and side walls a', and B a cover having the depending flange b, which is adapted to shut down over and around the sider walls a when applied to the box, all as is shown. This box and cover may be made of anypreferred material, and, as thus far described, they are or may be of the ordinary and usual constructions. The side walls a', however, instead of being made with an upper edge that rests against and supports the cover throughout the entire extent of such edge, as heretofore, are provided with a fulcrum thereon, over which vthe cover may be tilted when it is desired to remove it from the box by simply depressing the same at one'of its ends, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. This fulcrum may be constructed in various ways. In Figs. 2 and 3 it is shownas formed by cutting away in a downwardly and outwardly direction the upper edge of the side walls-a', leaving an angle or corner otl2 thereon, which constitutes the fulcrum, while in Fig. 4 it is shown as formed from abutments secured to the interior of the cover and resting upon the upper edge of the side walls a. When this ICO last form of construction is employed, the abutment or fulcrum may be made either in the forni of a wire a3, extending across the interior of the cover from side to side, or pieces of metal a4 of the required shape may be secured in such cover in proper relation to the side walls a as to rest thereon when the cover is applied to the box.

The fnlcrum being constructed in either of the ways above specified may be located at one end only of the box, as shown in Fig. 2, or a separate fulcrum may be located at each end thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Either of these arrangements may be adopted as may be preferred, it being understood, however, that When but a single fulcrum is employed the tilting of the cover can be elected in only one direction, but when a separate fulcrum is employed at each end thereof the tilting may be accomplished toward either end of the box as may be desired. As the box and cover are thus constructed, when it is desired to remove the latter from the former all that is required is to press upon the end of the cover in rear of the fulcrum, when such cover will be tilted upward over the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and its removal then readily effected in the usual way.

Although in the foregoing the best means contemplated have been described for carrying the invention into practice, it is to bedistinctly understood that it is not limited strictly thereto, as it is obvious that the same may be lnodied in various ways without departing from the spirit thereof-as, for instance, instead of making the abutments in the cover in the form of wires or pieces of material se.- cured therein, if so desired such abutments posed between such cover and box, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a box provided with a fnlcrum on its upper edge, of a removable cover having a depending flange for closing down and around the side walls of such box, and capable of being tilted over such fulcrnm when it is desired to remove it from the box,.substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a box provided with a fulcrum, a2, formed on the upper edge of its side walls, of a removable cover provided With a depending flange extending down around the side walls of such box, and resting upon such fulcrum, whereby to be capable of being tilted thereover when it is desired to remove the cover from the box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto stt my hand this 29th day of March, 1895.

ESMERALDA CROGKER, Administrarz'x of the estate of John Croc/"cer,

deceased.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. GIBIN, GEORGE E. CRocKER. 

